Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future

Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future"These stories are grounded in soul, a deep communion with the belief that we can and must rebuild our relationship with the planet." Omar El Akkad, author of What Strange Paradise Otherworldly but remarkably familiar, ancestral but firmly rooted in alternate futures, these twelve innovative stories winners of the Imagine 2200 climate fiction contest organized by Grist offer a glimpse of a future built on sustainability, inclusivity, and justice. A

There will be blood

Scruffy in appearance yet claiming to be the scion of a fabulously wealthy family

each telling a story of its multi-faceted history and influences: steamed snapper with a peppery ginger sauce

using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure

And they're definitely not just for white people

Love After Love interrogates love and family in all its myriad meanings and forms

you will likely be unable to help your loved ones in all the ways you'd hoped

police violence

and a writer navigate the messy ins and outs of friendship and romance in a world where social media demands perfection—or at least the appearance of it—in this swoon-worthy love story for readers of Kennedy Ryan and Carley Fortune

three young women discover the unbelievable: they're witches

Penny is eager to learn all about Mika

where she and her sister had followed in their mother's footsteps